Reading Football Club hold the record for the number of successive league wins at the start of a season, with a total of 13 wins at the start of the 1985âÂÂ86 Third Division campaign.
The club's largest win was a 10âÂÂ0 victory over Gibraltar on 10 July 2019 in a pre-season friendly. Their biggest league win was a 10âÂÂ2 victory over Crystal Palace on 4 September 1946 in the Third Division South. Reading's heaviest loss was an 18âÂÂ0 defeat against Preston North End in the FA Cup 1st round on 27 January 1894.
The player with the most league appearances is Martin Hicks with a total of 500 from 1978 to 1991. The most capped player is Kevin Doyle, who earned 26 for Ireland while at the club. The most league goals in total and in a season is Ronnie Blackman with 158 from 1947 to 1954 and 39 in 1951âÂÂ52 respectively. The player with the most league goals in a game is Arthur Bacon with six against Stoke City in 1930âÂÂ31. The first Reading-based player to play in the World Cup is Bobby Convey at the 2006 World Cup with the United States. The record time for a goalkeeper not conceding a goal is Steve Death at 1,103 minutes in 1978âÂÂ79, which is a former English league record.
Reading's highest attendance at Elm Park was in 1927, when 33,042 spectators watched Reading beat Brentford 1âÂÂ0. The highest attendance at the Madejski Stadium is 24,160 for the Premier League game with Tottenham Hotspur on 16 September 2012.
The highest transfer fee received for a Reading player is the ã8 million received from Crystal Palace for Michael Olise in July 2021, beating the ã7 million fee that 1899 Hoffenheim paid for Gylfi Sigurðsson in August 2010. The most expensive player Reading have ever bought is George PuÃÂcaÃÂ, for an estimated ã8,000,000 from Internazionale on 7 August 2019.
The following players have played more than 398 times for Reading, in all competitions.
The following players have scored more than 85 times for Reading, in all competitions.
The Result column shows the Reading score first.